TRAVEL STORIES IN HÁN NÔM CHARACTERS AND IN VIETNAMESE ALPHABET IN EARLY 20TH CENTURY FROM A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

From the medieval times to the modern times, Vietnamese travel writing seems to have undergone an internal transformation to create its own appearance. The travel writing in Han Nom script of the medieval times and the travel writing in national language script of the modern times differ not only in language, but also in terms of content and art. In terms of content, the differences between them are reflected in aspects such as the orientation of the self, the scope of reflection, the principle of aesthetic transformation ... In terms of art, the distinctions between them are the art of language, the magical elements...